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'''Ansa''' or '''ANSA''' can refer to any of the following:
*[[Ansa (queen)]], 8th century, wife of Desiderius, king of the Lombards
* Ansa means constant in [[Arabic language|Arabic]].
* [[Ansa (Hinduism)]] ('''{{IAST|Aṃśa}}''') in Hinduism, is a solar deity and one of the [[Aditya]]s.
* As the acronym ANSA:
**[[ANSA (news agency)]], Italian news agency
*** [[Ansa Mediterranean]] or ANSAmed, section of the above
** [[Applied Neuroscience Society of Australasia]]
** [[Alliance of Norwegian Students Abroad]]
** [[Australian Network of Student Anthropologists]], student-run arm of the [[Australian Anthropological Society]].
** ANSA: Italian Manufacturer of OEM exhaust systems for automobiles.
** [[ANSA Pre-processor]], commercial pre-processing software (Automatic Net-generation for Structural Analysis).
** '''Afhgan National Standards Association''', the [[International Organization for Standardization | ISO]] representative organization for Afghanistan.
**'''ANSA''' is the ''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' parallel to NASA and it is never made clear in the movies what the letters actually stand for.
* '''Ansa''' is [[Latin]] for [[handle]]. It has several uses derived from this meaning:
** In astronomy, one of the apparent ends of the rings of [[Saturn]] as seen in perspective from the earth: so-called because, in the earlier telescopes, they looked like handles projecting from the planet.
** In the plural, ansae, in astronomy, compact nebulosities such as can be found in [[protoplanetary nebulae]].
** In anatomy the word is applied to nervous structures which resemble loops (for example, the [[ansa lenticularis]], [[ansa cervicalis]], and [[ansa nephroni]]).
** In [[archaeology]] it is used for the engraved and ornamented handle of a vase, which has often survived when the vase itself, being less durable, has disappeared.
** In chemistry it is used to describe a [[bridge (chemical)|bridge]] between to functional groups/ligands.
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